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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Off on Vacation
Next week Brad and I will be on the Norweigan Cruise Line ship the Pearl, sailing July 25th to Alaska. Off on Vacation was last modified: July 23rd, 2010 by queen of comps
Posted in Family News, Travel
2 Comments
Losing at VP – Part 4
You May Try to Play Too Many Different Games or Switch Games Too Frequently These two practices are among the biggest enemies of VP accuracy, even for serious players. Losing at VP – Part 4 was last modified: July 21st, … Continue reading
Posted in Video Poker
3 Comments
Losing at VP – Part 3
(Check the Comments section on the right – some good ones recently.) Now more from the 2001 “Strictly Slots” articles about losing: You May Not Know the Correct Strategy No VP machine can be played well with intuitive decisions only. … Continue reading
Posted in Video Poker
4 Comments
Losing at VP – Part 2
More from the 2001 “Strictly Slots” article: You May Not Be Playing the Right Games You protest, “But I’m playing video poker, not slots. Everyone knows you have a better chance to win on video poker!” Not quite true! Losing … Continue reading
Posted in Video Poker
8 Comments
Losing at VP – Part 1
I sat down today to write, as I have been promising, about losing at VP, and suddenly felt overwhelmed. It is such a huge subject. Where should I start? Then I remembered I had written a couple of articles about this when I was contributing to … Continue reading
Posted in Video Poker
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Those Pesky Resort Fees
The July Las Vegas Advisor contains a chart that shows which Las Vegas casino hotels have resort fees and what they cover and which have not yet succumbed to this malady. Those Pesky Resort Fees was last modified: July 11th, 2010 … Continue reading
Posted in Comps, Hotel Information
4 Comments
Two New Gambling Books
One of my favorite writers on gambling and casino subjects is Frank Scoblete. His information is always based on good math and he writes with an entertaining style that makes all his books very readable. He has two new books out: Beat Blackjack Now and … Continue reading
Posted in Blackjack, Book Recommendation, Craps
3 Comments
Oldsters Do Ziplining
The reservations for ziplining on our Alaskan cruise are now made – yes, for Brad and me as well as for Angela, Steve, Kaitlynn, and Zachary. Oldsters Do Ziplining was last modified: July 3rd, 2010 by queen of comps
Posted in Family News, Sports, Travel
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Reno Trip Report
Brad and I just returned from a 4-day visit in Reno. (The common joke when people found out where we were from was “Can’t you find a casino in Las Vegas?”) We stayed and played at the Atlantis, which had … Continue reading
Posted in Reno, Video Poker
14 Comments